The Woman in the Surgeon's Body Author:Joan Cassell Anthropologist Joan Cassell enters the closely guarded arena of surgery to explore the work and lives of women practicing their craft in what is largely a man's world. A unique portrait of the day-to-day reality of thirty-three surgeons in five North American cities that Cassell observed over three years, The Woman in the Surgeon's Body is an in... more »sightful account of how being female influences the way the surgeon is perceived by colleagues, nurses, patients, and superiors—and by herself.« less